{"id":452,"date":"2016-05-21T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=432"},"modified":"2022-05-17T07:34:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T11:34:38","slug":"popcorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=452","title":{"rendered":"Popcorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moonshining has long been associated with Appalachia. Probably the most well-known and well-marketed moonshiner was Marvin \u201cPopcorn\u201d Sutton of Cocke County, Tennessee. Popcorn dressed the part, at least the way he believed everybody outside the area thought a moonshiner should look like. 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